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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015 PAGE 12 I NEW STRAITS TIMES PRIME NEWS ' It is t he only solution to t he problem, says t hink tank president CRITICAL: margin level. In the southern part of Selangor, he said, the reserve margin was less than one per cent. "The problem will be more acute during drought or dry weather when the demand for water supply is high- er:' He said the existing34 water treatment plants in Selangor could proKUALA LUMPUR duce only 4.371 billion litres of treatHERE is no other way to re- ed water per day, while the demand solve the water crisis in Se- has increased to 4.322 billion litres langor and the perday. Klang Valley but to build On June 17, Energy, fj Green Technology and the Langat 2 Water Treat- ! ment Plant and its i Water Minister Datuk distribu t ion system Il Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, (LRAL2). ' ! urged the Selangor govIt is the only solution to j ! ernment to continue co! operating in mal<ing the the problem, said Association ofWaterandEnergy :• WATD i wat er res t ruc t uring Research Malaysia's pres- 1 ! and Langat 2 proJ·ect a ident S. Piarapal<aran. CRJS(S, success as agreed by the He said the water short- '-------·····-·--·-----' previous state leaderage was more critical now ship. with the lower treated water reserve The Federal Government, he said, T -----!!!!!! " 1 ' f I I - I The Selangor government has been urged. to continue cooperating in making the water restructuring and Langat 2 project a success as agreed by the previous state leadership. The existing 34 water treatment plants in Selangor can produce only 4.371 billion lit res of treated water per day, while the demand has increased to 4.322 billion litres per day. File pic was committed in ensuring continuous water supply in the Klang Valley and would tal<e over the operational control of water supply distribution in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya if the restructuring of the water industry in Selangor was unresolved. Apart from the Langat 2 project, Piarapakaran said efforts to reduce non-revenue water, like repair of leal<ed and damaged pipes, should be carried out simultaneously to increase water capacity for distribution to consumers. Piarapakaran said the water catchment areas for Langat 2 should also be gazetted as permanent reserves to protect the water quality. Meanwhile, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) executive director (Corporate Affairs Division) Priscilla Alfred said the occurrence of water supply dis r uption was due to high demand for water, which had reached the maximum capacity level. "The situation becomes worse because the number of people has increased and water usage increased by three per cent during Ran1adan." Bernam a